下里巴人
xià lǐ bā rén
Pinyin
Definition
下里巴人
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- folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chǔ guó]
- popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yáng chūn bái xuě], highbrow art forms)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 down
- 2 downwards
- 3 below
- 4 lower
- 5 later
- 6 next (week etc)
- 7 second (of two parts)
- 8 to decline
- 9 to go down
- 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 1 to download
- 2 also pr. [xià zài]
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一日千里
- 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三下两下
- 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact